Source: FAO 2002.
| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Balistidae | Malichthys niger | (Bloch) | 1786 | Black Durgon |
Malichthys niger
Unique Characters: Teeth with relatively even, straight edges, not notched, except in young juveniles in which notches are not yet worn down. Scales enlarged above the pectoral-fin base and just behind gill slit to form a flexible tympanum. Scales of posterior body with prominent keels, forming longitudinal ridges. Body blackish with a pale bluish stripe along the bases of the soft dorsal and anal fins.
Similar Species:
Gray Triggerfish
Balistes capriscus
Teeth notched, uneven, of distinctly increasing
length toward the middle teeth (Fig. 2a). Scales of posterior body without keels forming longitudinal
ridges. Body greyish, but never distinctly black, and no pale stripe along the bases of the soft dorsal
and anal fins.
Queen Triggerfish
Balistes vetuls
Teeth notched, uneven, of distinctly increasing
length toward the middle teeth. Scales of posterior body without keels forming longitudinal
ridges. Body bluish green, never distinctly black, and no pale stripe along the bases of the soft dorsal and anal fins. Two curved, conspicuous blue lines on cheek from above mouth to below the region in front of pectoral-fin base.
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Source: Fishbase, December 23, 2025